Forked or tined scraper.



GEORGE IE. KOENIG, OF LE SUEUR, MINNESOTA.

FORKEID OE TIN ED SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 12, 1909.

Application filed December 3, 1908. Serial No. 465,787.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Konxlo, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Le Sueur, in the county of Le Sueur and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Forked or TinedScrapers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to new and useful improvements in forked ortined scrapers and is to be used in connection with my Patent N 0.847,667, and my application on improvements on said patent filedNovember 2, 1908.

The object of my invention is to produce a scraper that will cause myhoisting device, above patented to be operated with greater efficiency,and it consists in a plurality of forwardly extending prongs heldtogether in a substantial manner the construction of which will bebrought forth more fully and specifically claimed in this specification,hereinafter.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts as are hereinafter described inthis specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming apart thereof, and particularly brought forth in the claims hereuntoattached.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my device taken on the line22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of theforwardly extending prongs.

Referring more particularly to the drawings my invention is described asfollows: My scraper is constructed of iron with the exception of a baseplank 1, and the handles 2. A plurality of forks or tines 3, the

rear portions of which are bifurcated, pass over and under said baseplank 1, being substantially secured thereto by suitable nut and boltconnections 4. An iron plate 5, runs under said base plank and is bentup near its outer ends forming side members 6. The back of the scraperis made of a single piece of sheet iron in the form of a plate 7, saidplate being bent forward near each end thereof forming the forwardlyextending side members 8. Held to the forward ends of said handles 2, bymeans of aplurality of clevises 9, are the draw plates 10. Passingthrough each of said side members 6 and 8, and each of said draw plates10, are a number of rivets 11, or other suitable substantial equivalentthereof. The draw plates are inclined upwardly from near their center tothe extreme rear ends thereof for the purpose of accommodating theincline of said handles. Passing through said draw plates near theforward ends thereof are perfora tions 12, through which pass theinwardly turned ends of the bail 13. Said ends are held securely inplace by means of cotter pins l l. Formed to the outer ends of each ofsaid draw plates is a peg or lug 15, for the purpose of coming incontact with the bail when said scraper is dumped and by so doing holdsthe handles a certain distance from the ground preventing them fromaccumulating filth thereon. These pegs also facilitate in holding thehandles in such a position that it is less difficult to bring thescraper back into its normal position after being dumped.

Although I have specifically described the construction and novelfeatures of my invention yet I do not confine myself to suchconstruction and arrangement of parts, as

I may exercise the right to make such modifications therein as do notfall without the scope or depart from the spirit of the claims hereuntoappended.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a scraper comprising a plurality of forwardly extending tines,said tines having their rear portions bifurcated, a base board, a plate,the ends of which are formed into upturned members, passing under saidbase board, a plate, the ends of which are formed in forwardly extendingmembers, draw plates inclined from their central portions to the extremerear ends thereof, handles secured to said inclined portions bysubstantial means, said first-mentioned and said second-mentioned plateshaving their upturned and forwardly extending members, respectively,secured, each, to one of said draw plates by substantial means, a bailpivotally connected to the forward ends of said draw plates,substantially as shown and described.

2. In a scraper comprising a plurality of forwardly extending tines,said tines having their rear portions bifurcated, a base board, a plate,the ends of which are formed into upturned members, passing under saidbase board, a plate, the ends of which are formed in forwardly extendingmembers, draw plates inclined from their central portions to the extremerear ends thereof, handles secured to said inclined portions bysubstantial means, said first-mentioned and said second-mentioned plateshaving their upturned and forwardly extending members, respectively,secured, each, to one of said draw plates by substantial means, saiddraw plates having formed to their outer faces near their forward endspegs, a bail pivotally connected to the forward ends of said drawplates,

said pegs adapted to come into contact with said bail to hold saidhandles a certain dis tance from the ground, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. KOENIG.

Witnesses:

ORA J. PARKER, J. A. ANDEREGG.

